Milenio Cartel
Defunct Mexican criminal organization / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Milenio Cartel, or Cártel de los Valencia (Valencia family Cartel), was a Mexican criminal organization based in Michoacán. It relocated to Jalisco in the early 2000s. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel was born from the splintering of the Milenio Cartel.
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Founded by | Armando Valencia Cornelio |
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Founding location | Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico |
Years active | 1970s–2010 |
Territory | Mexico : Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco, Mexico City, Puebla, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas United States : California, Oregon, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, Maryland |
Ethnicity | Mexican |
Activities | Drug trafficking, money laundering, murder and arms trafficking. |
Allies | Sinaloa Cartel La Resistencia[1][2] |
Rivals | Gulf Cartel Knights Templar Cartel[1][2] |
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